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the napa -- morning. the napa river will crest earlier, lunchtime tomorrow at 18 feet. moderate flooding, 2 feet above flood stage. the only difference between the days is is there a a storm in the pipeline moving in. tonight the answer is yes. we have all of there moisture stretching from west of hawaii all the way into the west coast and northern california continues to be the bulls eye. low pressure to the northwest, the storm track heading right toward us. where's the next storm, sitting a couple hundred miles offshore. it will be with us tomorrow morning and all of northern california will be extremely wet. we're looking at rainfall totals topping out well above an inch to two inches. this is our future cast all the way through the day. santa rosa 2 more inches of rain. hayward an inch 1/3 and redwood city you will get a lot of rain as well. most falling tomorrow morning. heavy rainfall tonight. a soaker early tomorrow and it's going to move out pretty quickly and by mid afternoon we'll see clearing skies and by monday the rain will be a distant memory. oakland tom
the napa -- morning. the napa river will crest earlier, lunchtime tomorrow at 18 feet. moderate flooding, 2 feet above flood stage. the only difference between the days is is there a a storm in the pipeline moving in. tonight the answer is yes. we have all of there moisture stretching from west of hawaii all the way into the west coast and northern california continues to be the bulls eye. low pressure to the northwest, the storm track heading right toward us. where's the next storm, sitting a...
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. >> reporter: but 2 1/2 hours south along the napa river people are still keeping a close eye on water levels. >> you never know with this river. it's iffy. you think it will go over and it won't then you don't and i want goes over. take as much precaution as you can. >> reporter: heavy rain fell at the oakland coliseum. forcing crews to sweep water offer the field before the raiders football game against cleveland. the wet weather and fog in northern california caused delays here at the los angeles international airport where travellers trying to get back to the san francisco area. this is a seventh grade english teacher trying to get back home but her flight to san francisco was delayed by an hour and a half. >> i have a stack of papers to grade and it's not getting any shorter while i'm here. >> reporter: the skies are clearing. forecasters expect a much drier start to the work week. >>> overseas rescue workers this morning are searching for survivors following the collapse of a tunnel in japan. at least nine people were killed when concrete slabs fell on cars and trucks. the tunnel
. >> reporter: but 2 1/2 hours south along the napa river people are still keeping a close eye on water levels. >> you never know with this river. it's iffy. you think it will go over and it won't then you don't and i want goes over. take as much precaution as you can. >> reporter: heavy rain fell at the oakland coliseum. forcing crews to sweep water offer the field before the raiders football game against cleveland. the wet weather and fog in northern california caused delays...
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visibility down to a quarter o of a mile in napa valley. overall we are going to see dryer weather moving in. more sunshine and warmer temperatures on the way, but stepping outside, grab your jacket, those temperatures down just a bit, especially inland, 37 degrees in santa row that. 44 -- santa a rosa. enjoying sunshine, maybe passing clouds. temperatures should be in the 50s and 60s. we will be warming up nicely for the weekend. we'll talk more about that in a moment. check out the roads with gianna franco. >>> happy friday. let's head to 101. we have reports of an earlier accident, south 101 by hospital curve, chp cleared that quickly. everything is out of the lanes on the right shoulder, no delays if you work through there. east bay lots of careen. everything clear on 80, 880. and as far as accidents, you want to look out for roadwork 580 eastbound on north flynn. should happen before 11:00. eastbound highway 4, roadwork reported there as well. no delays as you work your way through antioch. and we have road work on the dumbarton bridge
visibility down to a quarter o of a mile in napa valley. overall we are going to see dryer weather moving in. more sunshine and warmer temperatures on the way, but stepping outside, grab your jacket, those temperatures down just a bit, especially inland, 37 degrees in santa row that. 44 -- santa a rosa. enjoying sunshine, maybe passing clouds. temperatures should be in the 50s and 60s. we will be warming up nicely for the weekend. we'll talk more about that in a moment. check out the roads with...
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ragehe flood prone city of napa was spared. be mayor says that's because overspent $250 million over the r st 20 years to keep the nearby napa river out of city streets. er the water was coming very fast and furious. but the culvert system we've teated was able to take that extra water and get it safely through town. th reporter: most of the flooding was confined to finedultural areas like this ltural arunty vineyard owned by s muchrson. >> that was under as much as six waet of water. noteporter: but he's not worried. grateft, he's grateful. > this just recharges our water supply and makes it better for next year's potential growth. we don't have to irrigate the vines maybe as much as we'd have to irrigate in a year without any flooding. >> reporter: there are still about 15,000 customers without power this morning. the majority of them here in sonoma county. this area got more than two inches of rain in the last 24 hours and, norah and charlie, there is now more rain in the forecast for tomorrow. ary of stately as much as we s
ragehe flood prone city of napa was spared. be mayor says that's because overspent $250 million over the r st 20 years to keep the nearby napa river out of city streets. er the water was coming very fast and furious. but the culvert system we've teated was able to take that extra water and get it safely through town. th reporter: most of the flooding was confined to finedultural areas like this ltural arunty vineyard owned by s muchrson. >> that was under as much as six waet of water....
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napa soggy 61. san francisco 61. oakland 63. once we're finish with tomorrow, we are going to get paid back on some of that sunshine. we have a deficit in that. we'll get it back thursday, friday, saturday, sunday. we are not going to be warm, highs in the 60s. next week dry with cold nights and sunny but chilly afternoons. that's the cbs 5 forecast. >> thank you. >>> should california's mental health workers be allowed to try to make gay teenagers straight? the federal ruling today on conversion therapy. >> i enjoy doing this. giving back to the communities and kids. >> how bay area prison inmates are helping spread holiday cheer. ,, well, well, well. growing up, we didn't have u-verse. we couldn't record four shows at the same time. in my day, you were lucky if you could record two shows. and if mom was recording her dumb show and dad was recording his dumb show then, by george, that's all we watched. and we liked it! today's kids got it so good. [ male announcer ] get u-verse tv with a total home dvr included free for life. o
napa soggy 61. san francisco 61. oakland 63. once we're finish with tomorrow, we are going to get paid back on some of that sunshine. we have a deficit in that. we'll get it back thursday, friday, saturday, sunday. we are not going to be warm, highs in the 60s. next week dry with cold nights and sunny but chilly afternoons. that's the cbs 5 forecast. >> thank you. >>> should california's mental health workers be allowed to try to make gay teenagers straight? the federal ruling...
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that combined with agricultural runoff on the napa valley created some nasty water. downriver matthew sears manages the 112-year-old vallejo yacht club. he says since the shipyard closed and farming practices have improved wildlife is returning. >> we get to see little juvenile seal who is constantly using our harbor for fishing. he gets the salmon and striped bass. >> reporter: there's still a lot of work to be done, but these small critters are making a big splash. while these oysters are a good indicator the napa river is getting better all the time, i still wouldn't eat them. in vallejo don ford, cbs5. >>> roberta is here with a look at our forecast and there's a little rain. >> there's a bit of everything in our seven-day forecast. first off today we had two record high temperatures in the bay area. tonight it's not as cold as last night at this hour. we head over to -- you know what this is? it's the san francisco fire department along with the police department and the san francisco fire boat guardian set on alert near the bay bridge. that's fire station 35 th
that combined with agricultural runoff on the napa valley created some nasty water. downriver matthew sears manages the 112-year-old vallejo yacht club. he says since the shipyard closed and farming practices have improved wildlife is returning. >> we get to see little juvenile seal who is constantly using our harbor for fishing. he gets the salmon and striped bass. >> reporter: there's still a lot of work to be done, but these small critters are making a big splash. while these...
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that, combined with agricultural runoff in the napa valley created nasty water. downriver, matthew sears manages the 112-year-old vallejo yacht club. he says wildlife is returning. >> we get the seal, little juvenile seal who is constantly using our harbor for fishing. he gets the salmon, the striped bass, and they don't have a chance. he gets them every time. >> reporter: there's still a lot of work to be done, but these small critters are making a big splash. while these oysters are a good indicator that the napa river is getting better all the time, i still wouldn't eat 'em. in vallejo, don ford, cbs 5. >>> san francisco's top cop testing the political waters with a new stun gun proposal. >> and a new challenge to the people's initiative to limit property taxation. we're talking about prop 13. state senator mark leno joins us next. >> our slogan in the churches was vote for l or go to hell! . >> mixing the pulpit with politics. what he did that changed everything for people barely making entdz meet. >> and in the weather department, a lovely start to sunday mo
that, combined with agricultural runoff in the napa valley created nasty water. downriver, matthew sears manages the 112-year-old vallejo yacht club. he says wildlife is returning. >> we get the seal, little juvenile seal who is constantly using our harbor for fishing. he gets the salmon, the striped bass, and they don't have a chance. he gets them every time. >> reporter: there's still a lot of work to be done, but these small critters are making a big splash. while these oysters...
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inland not bad. 63 in the napa valley. drying out in the north bay 36 degrees there in santa rosa and 62 degrees in daly city. next couple of days, a break today and better part of the day tomorrow and clouds thicken up and rain developing late in the day overnight tuesday night into wednesday. looks like we dry out again on thursday and friday. that's a look at weather. back to you. >> thank you. >>> the japanese government says 49 highway tunnels will be inpicked immediately in the wake of a deadly accident. investigators say missing bolts may have caused concrete ceiling slabs to fall on cars in a highway tunnel killing nine people. yesterday's accident happened deep inside a three-mile-long tunnel about 50 miles west of tokyo. >>> we have got a warning on our next story the video may be disturbing for young children. a california magician suffered serious burns during a tv appearance in the dominican republic. here it is. cameras were rolling last week when the tv show host pours flammable cologne on the comedian. and
inland not bad. 63 in the napa valley. drying out in the north bay 36 degrees there in santa rosa and 62 degrees in daly city. next couple of days, a break today and better part of the day tomorrow and clouds thicken up and rain developing late in the day overnight tuesday night into wednesday. looks like we dry out again on thursday and friday. that's a look at weather. back to you. >> thank you. >>> the japanese government says 49 highway tunnels will be inpicked immediately in...
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otherwise low 70s in santa rosa and napa. 76 degrees in san jose. 5 degrees above average. we were anywhere between 5 and 13 degrees above normal. san jose, bright lights, international airport currently at 61 degrees. we're quickly dipping in to the 50s and 60s. before tomorrow morning, sun up at 7:15. we'll dip down tonight overnight in to the 30s and 40s. cool spot toward the delta, a hit of stratus in the form of fog. 38 degrees tri-valley. 43 redwood city. sure, we have an area of low pressure right there banging up against the pacific northwest, bringing rain showers there. slowly meandering in to the east toward montana because of the huge ridge of high pressure that's diverting the storm track. today contributed to an offshore flow. we peaked today. future cast. we'll go out 72 hours. here's r monday and tuesday. absolutely nothing going on. then watch by midweek, wednesday. here come the clouds. there's wednesday morning commute. rain already passed through the north day. already strating over the entire central bay. all day long you'll need that umbrella on wednes
otherwise low 70s in santa rosa and napa. 76 degrees in san jose. 5 degrees above average. we were anywhere between 5 and 13 degrees above normal. san jose, bright lights, international airport currently at 61 degrees. we're quickly dipping in to the 50s and 60s. before tomorrow morning, sun up at 7:15. we'll dip down tonight overnight in to the 30s and 40s. cool spot toward the delta, a hit of stratus in the form of fog. 38 degrees tri-valley. 43 redwood city. sure, we have an area of low...
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and about 60 degrees in the napa valley. into the north bay you'll see about 60 and partly cloudy skies in santa rosa, 59 in san francisco and 59 also in daly city. next couple of days, we'll keep those temperatures fairly leveled but the latter part of the weekend that ridge builds in. we may see that offshore wind and that could training those temperatures well up into the 60s, even mid-60s as we head in toward monday and tuesday. and no rain, gianna. a little quieter for you, right? >> yeah. that is good news, lawrence. we don't have a lot going on, on the freeways as far as accidents. really the only thing you want to look out for is construction. we have a few projects to report. northbound 101, three lanes are shut down until 5:00 for roadwork through there. we have some delays in and around that area. it's near 92. also as you work your way on the san mateo bridge headed towards the peninsula, stop and go conditions as well due to the roadwork through there. 880 not showing problems through hayward. eastbound 4 at lov
and about 60 degrees in the napa valley. into the north bay you'll see about 60 and partly cloudy skies in santa rosa, 59 in san francisco and 59 also in daly city. next couple of days, we'll keep those temperatures fairly leveled but the latter part of the weekend that ridge builds in. we may see that offshore wind and that could training those temperatures well up into the 60s, even mid-60s as we head in toward monday and tuesday. and no rain, gianna. a little quieter for you, right? >>...
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we are seeing fog in the napa valley. 50 degrees, mild in san francisco. and the patchy fog will lift and become mostly sunny toward the afternoon. the weekend looks great, lots of sunshine and temperatures will sore into sunday and monday moving well into the 60s by the afternoon. high pressure building in and that's going to send the jet stream well to the north. the storm track is going to stay well into the bay area, too. so nice and dry toward the weekend and maybe in the middle of next week, we talk about showers again. watch out with the fog in the central valley, and lots of snow isn't the sierra nevada, and if you can wait a few hours for the fog to lift, should be nice. and a few passing clouds by afternoon, and that will probably be about the worst of it today. 63 in mountain view and 60 degrees in san mateo. east bay temperatures in the 50s and 60s and inside the bay, sunny skies. 62 in oakland, and 61 in alameda. beautiful weather for the weekend. do it if you can, lots of sunshine and warmer weather through monday. then we start to cool thing
we are seeing fog in the napa valley. 50 degrees, mild in san francisco. and the patchy fog will lift and become mostly sunny toward the afternoon. the weekend looks great, lots of sunshine and temperatures will sore into sunday and monday moving well into the 60s by the afternoon. high pressure building in and that's going to send the jet stream well to the north. the storm track is going to stay well into the bay area, too. so nice and dry toward the weekend and maybe in the middle of next...
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first storm total i am going toy show you, 10.2 inches in napa county. kent field, 9.9 inches of rain. danville you had nearly 8 inches. arinda, 7.24. sanfrancisco, the airport, 4 inches of rain, oakland, 3.5. you get the point, a lot of water falling from the sky. but none tonight. hi-def doplar showing clearing conditions. it will stay clear through the night. heavy rain is done. a clear night. areas of fog developing. so much water in the ground. this is some rain in the workweek forecast. not going to be dry. but, coming up in weather. we will talk about why that is just rain and not storm number 4. this is a huge difference coming up in a couple of minutes. >> all right, paul, don't forget, you can track any storm any time from home with our live hi-def doplar radar. it is on our web site. >>> well, those heavy rain showers made for an interesting sight at the oakland coliseum. crews were out there early this morning. getting the water off of the tarp before the raiders game. more on how the raiders faired after the field was mopped and highlights o
first storm total i am going toy show you, 10.2 inches in napa county. kent field, 9.9 inches of rain. danville you had nearly 8 inches. arinda, 7.24. sanfrancisco, the airport, 4 inches of rain, oakland, 3.5. you get the point, a lot of water falling from the sky. but none tonight. hi-def doplar showing clearing conditions. it will stay clear through the night. heavy rain is done. a clear night. areas of fog developing. so much water in the ground. this is some rain in the workweek forecast....
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napa 47. we have a weather maker on the way. unlike the three that got you soaked over the past five days. this one is not as wet and it's being deflected just a bit to the north by a building area of high pressure. this high will be a player in the weather for the next seven days. it's going to bump the storm track up to the north. when rain moves through tomorrow it will be a glancing blow. the heavy rainfalls will stay away. you'll get showers. you'll get wet tomorrow into wednesday but not soaked. flooding is not a concern. rain on wednesday primarily but flooding is not a problem. oakland 62 tomorrow. santa clara 63. san jose 63. pleasant hill 62 and vallejo also 62 degrees. looking at your extended forecast calling for a lot of rainfall to move in. light to moderate rainfall tuesday and wednesday. then we dry out thursday through sunday looks mainly dry. and that's your cbs 5 forecast. >>> why kate middleton's morning sickness could be a sign that she's pregnant with twins. ,,,, bump, on kate middleton? ths magazine cover
napa 47. we have a weather maker on the way. unlike the three that got you soaked over the past five days. this one is not as wet and it's being deflected just a bit to the north by a building area of high pressure. this high will be a player in the weather for the next seven days. it's going to bump the storm track up to the north. when rain moves through tomorrow it will be a glancing blow. the heavy rainfalls will stay away. you'll get showers. you'll get wet tomorrow into wednesday but not...
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. >>> flood warnings for the napa river were canceled yesterday afternoon to the relief of residents nearby. they prepared for the worse putting sandbags around their properties. rain brought the water level within three feet of going over the banks. and this was the russian river in guerneville over the weekend. flood warnings were also canceled. the river crested at 16 feet about an hour ago. the highest recorded flooding guerneville occurred in 1986 when the river reached 49 feet. >> and it was not just water. strong wind also caused a lot of problems all over the bay area. a broken power pole. this is in san francisco's sunset district. it left 8500 people without power. it was just one of the multiple incidents where trees or power post brought down lines. the latest outages show 4200 homes without power, nearly 1400 up in the north bay 900 in the east bay and around 1200 in santa clara county. >>> foul weather toppled a big rig on the san rafael bridge. the chp says the driver ignored the high wind warnings yesterday morning and as you can see paid the price. officers say he dr
. >>> flood warnings for the napa river were canceled yesterday afternoon to the relief of residents nearby. they prepared for the worse putting sandbags around their properties. rain brought the water level within three feet of going over the banks. and this was the russian river in guerneville over the weekend. flood warnings were also canceled. the river crested at 16 feet about an hour ago. the highest recorded flooding guerneville occurred in 1986 when the river reached 49 feet....
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east bay numbers up into the 60s, as well. 62 napa valley and 62 in vallejo. maybe a couple of light sprinkles into santa rosa and 61 degrees there and 62 in san francisco. next couple of days, a little bit wet one more time and looks like we'll dry out thursday and friday. and this weekend looks dry but keeping cool temperatures in the forecast. that's a look at weather. let's check traffic with gianna. >> thank you very much. we are dealing with some mass transit delays this morning especially with muni. they are working on getting all lines back on track that were affected by the power outage and accident yesterday. hoping to have everything good to go by 5:00 this morning. after that, though the n-judah and j-church lines will still be affected. if you typically take those lines, they will be rerouted at church and duboce so plan for that. the rest of mass transit looking good. no delays on bart. caltrain, ferries and ace train on time. we are dealing with a full freeway closure full for construction eastbound 4 through antioch right at loveridge hoping to
east bay numbers up into the 60s, as well. 62 napa valley and 62 in vallejo. maybe a couple of light sprinkles into santa rosa and 61 degrees there and 62 in san francisco. next couple of days, a little bit wet one more time and looks like we'll dry out thursday and friday. and this weekend looks dry but keeping cool temperatures in the forecast. that's a look at weather. let's check traffic with gianna. >> thank you very much. we are dealing with some mass transit delays this morning...
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napa 43. mid-40s with fog likely for concord, livermore. fremont 45. fairfield foggy toward travis air force base tomorrow at 44 degrees for your overnight low. what we're looking at right now is a high pressure. we have a lot of low cloud cover and fog in the central valley. that will be prevalent over the next couple of days and tomorrow morning especially, some of that fog will work its way back inland so watch out north bay and east of the east bay hills out toward the 680 corridor. you will likely be foggy tomorrow morning. that's probably the only fly in the weather ointment if you will because it's all about high pressure. it's in the perfect spot just off to our west to give us a light northwesterly flow of air that's going to give us sunshine and dry weather and it's going to get our temperatures above normal. may not feel like it but it is early december where the average high is the upper 50s. you will be in the low to mid- 60s over the weekend three to seven degrees above average so watch out for the fog. if you want to set at large a coupl
napa 43. mid-40s with fog likely for concord, livermore. fremont 45. fairfield foggy toward travis air force base tomorrow at 44 degrees for your overnight low. what we're looking at right now is a high pressure. we have a lot of low cloud cover and fog in the central valley. that will be prevalent over the next couple of days and tomorrow morning especially, some of that fog will work its way back inland so watch out north bay and east of the east bay hills out toward the 680 corridor. you...
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low 40s in napa. we'll be talking about fog. 40s in fremont. cloud cover all day long in the central valley. when that low cloud cover moves into the bay area we call it tule fog and we'll see that once again tonight. that's the source of our low cloud cover during the day. it will be the source of our fog coming up tomorrow morning. so fog and low cloud cover especially inland closer to the central valley coming up tomorrow morning. once that fog burns off we get back to high pressure. high pressure will be here for five straight days will be sunny and dry through the week and i know you have a long christmas or holiday shopping list. you will have ample opportunity to get outside on saturday and sunday. whether it's the indoor mall or walking up and down main street. foggy tonight especially inland. this pattern will be mainly dry in the weekend saturday and sunday both look fantastic. we'll start off with your friday. highs tomorrow low 60s. concord cool above average 4 degrees about normal and san francisco and oakland 62 or 63. santa clara
low 40s in napa. we'll be talking about fog. 40s in fremont. cloud cover all day long in the central valley. when that low cloud cover moves into the bay area we call it tule fog and we'll see that once again tonight. that's the source of our low cloud cover during the day. it will be the source of our fog coming up tomorrow morning. so fog and low cloud cover especially inland closer to the central valley coming up tomorrow morning. once that fog burns off we get back to high pressure. high...
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. >>> flood warnings for the napa river were canceled yesterday afternoon to the relief of those nearby. some residents prepared for the worst putting sandbags around their properties. heavy rain brought the water level to three feet of going over the banks. >>> this is the russian river in guerneville over the weekend. flood warnings were cancelled. the river crested at 6 feet about an hour -- 16 feet about an hour ago. the highest recorded flood occurred in 1986 when the river reached 49 feet. >>> strong wind also caused a lot of problems. we have a broken power pole in san francisco sunset district leaving 8500 people without electricity yesterday. it was one of multiple incidents where trees or power polls brought down power lines. the latest outages show a 650 homes in the north bay without power and around 600 in the south bay as well as others. >>> rain opened up a large pothole on westbound 4 in pittsburg blamed for flattening the tires of two dozen cars yesterday. that's no fun. crews shut down the lane while they made those emergency repairs. it's now open again. >>> this is j
. >>> flood warnings for the napa river were canceled yesterday afternoon to the relief of those nearby. some residents prepared for the worst putting sandbags around their properties. heavy rain brought the water level to three feet of going over the banks. >>> this is the russian river in guerneville over the weekend. flood warnings were cancelled. the river crested at 6 feet about an hour -- 16 feet about an hour ago. the highest recorded flood occurred in 1986 when the...
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he spent mean years homeless and nearly four decades as a migrant worker in the napa valley vineyard. >> sometimes sleeping in the car. >> reporter: or in the fields. >> it's very have hard. >> reporter: but at the river ranch farm worker housing center in st. helena he and 60 other laborers get bedrooms, three meals a day and hot showers. >> he rest much better. he doesn't really worry about his safety. >> reporter: the workers give thanks for father john brenkle a champion of farm worker housing for nearly 30 years. >> this valley is so darn prosperous. it was a scandal having them sleeping in cars. >> reporter: when he first came to saint helena catholic church in 1983 he immediately noticed the plight of the farm worker. at night he would see up to 40 of them crowded onto the church porch to sleep. >> when i went to bed in my warm bed, i felt very uncomfortable. >> reporter: at first, father brenkle offered showers and meals at his church and set up a tent city in yountville. and he organized groups to create long-term housing. in 2002 they passed measure l allowing landowners to
he spent mean years homeless and nearly four decades as a migrant worker in the napa valley vineyard. >> sometimes sleeping in the car. >> reporter: or in the fields. >> it's very have hard. >> reporter: but at the river ranch farm worker housing center in st. helena he and 60 other laborers get bedrooms, three meals a day and hot showers. >> he rest much better. he doesn't really worry about his safety. >> reporter: the workers give thanks for father john...
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other areas napa 10" of rain, kentfield nearly 10." 7.5" for danville. not completely rain-free. it's not going to be a flood producer. it's not going to be anything compared to what we had over the weekend but there is some rain being tracked now on hi- def doppler that will arrive tomorrow. perfect timin. the national weather service talked about atmospheric rivers today. we call them the pineapple express storms. they are going to set up four different monitoring sites in california one of them in bodega bay the first one that opened up today. they are going to measure low level winds, relative humidity and soil moisture and here's the benefit to you. >> we have announced the development of a new system for measuring atmosphere ever rivers as they hit california. the injured to help science and forecast these storms like we just saw the last couple of days. >> and the benefit for ought home especially if you live near a river betting flood forecasts and also snow versus rain forecast to be able to pinpoint that snow level all of that beginning today right here in california. f
other areas napa 10" of rain, kentfield nearly 10." 7.5" for danville. not completely rain-free. it's not going to be a flood producer. it's not going to be anything compared to what we had over the weekend but there is some rain being tracked now on hi- def doppler that will arrive tomorrow. perfect timin. the national weather service talked about atmospheric rivers today. we call them the pineapple express storms. they are going to set up four different monitoring sites in...
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you're taking a live look at the napa river. we are tracking the rain, flooding and all of the storm damage. >>> and you can see what it s
you're taking a live look at the napa river. we are tracking the rain, flooding and all of the storm damage. >>> and you can see what it s